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TIL that a Ukrainian cult tried to recruit John Quijada, the inventor of an extremely complex language known as Ithkuil, believing that they could use it to create a new race with a superhuman intellect.

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v5e4 TIL of a court case where a burglar sued the owner of an uno㏄upied house for sett㏌g a shotgun booby trap to fire on someones feet as they are open㏌g the door．After the owner lost the court case he was asked what he would have done differently; he responded，" I’d have aimed that gun a few feet higher"
Z8VeY TIL When we're sick, symptoms like aches and fatigue are an evolutionary trait designed to minimize the spread of infection in groups of people.
KOOR4 TIL Abraham is not the only biblical figure who was ordered to sacrifice their child to God; Jephthah of the Book of Judges offers to sacrifice his daughter, and unlike Abraham it is left ambiguous whether he spared her or not
9YyJG TIL that if the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted it would blanket the entirety of the U.S in a layer of ash, as well as most of North America. What would ensue is a potential decade or so of 'Volcanic Winter', where the global temperature would drop significantly, among other issues.
nemQ7 TIL David Bleak, an Army Medic during the Korean War, reacted to an ambush by running into the trench, breaking one enemy's neck, crushing another's windpipe, then plunging his knife into the chest of a third. He then threw himself atop an American soldier to shield him from the blast of a grenade.